by FLEK Admin | Feb 12, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Full “Snow” Moon rises about 10 minutes past sunset near 5:25 this evening, in the east-northeast, and tracks high across the skies all night long tonight. This Full Moon also goes by the name The Hunger Moon, the Trapper’s Moon, and for...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 11, 2025 | NightSky
Today: The Moon is just one day shy of Full as it rises in the company of Regulus, the brightest star in Leo, the Lion. Tomorrow night the pair will emerge from the dimming twilight by 6:30 PM, and will be due east two hours later. They crest high in the south just...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 10, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Brilliant moonlight will hamper stargazers this evening, but the trio of bright stars marking Orion’s Belt should be easy to spot, due south in the evenings near 8:10 PM. The star on the left, Alnitak, is actually a triplet of stars, the two primary stars...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 9, 2025 | NightSky
Today: At around 6:30 PM, and about halfway up in the east-southeast appears the Moon and Mars. Very close together and in the heart of the Gemini Twins. The Twins are oriented horizontally, with their respective heads, the stars Pollux (below) and Castor (above), to...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 8, 2025 | NightSky
Today: With a view to the southeast at 6:30 PM, you can see the constellation Canis Major, the Big Dog, facing upward toward Orion. Well above and left of Orion will appear the Waxing Gibbous Moon making its way from Jupiter a few nights ago, to a rendezvous with the...
by FLEK Admin | Feb 7, 2025 | NightSky
Today: Orion boasts a fine collection of bright stars, including the bluish-white beacon to the lower right of his three belt stars. Rigel, meaning “left foot”, is classified as a blue supergiant, estimated to be 860 light years, and emitting approximately 200...
